DRIVERS are facing ‘severe delays’ on the M5 due to heavy traffic.

There is stop-start traffic on the northbound carriageway, with heavy congestion on stretches passing Taunton.

Travel time is currently an hour and 45 minutes between junction 28 for Cullompton and junction 21 for Weston-Super-Mare.

There are also long delays on the M5 southbound between junction 16 for Aztec West and junction 21 for Weston.

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